Southeast European and Black Sea Studies
Volume 14, Issue 1, 2014
Yunus Emre
Between 1971 and 1973, Bülent Ecevit, an exceptional Third World leader
who espoused a social democratic creed, struggled against the military
rule by peaceful means. His main supporters in intellectual and
ideological terms were a group of professors and politicians known as
the Mülkiye Junta. The members of the group were scholars from the
Ankara University Faculty of Political Science (previously known as the Mülkiye)
and advisors to Ecevit. They supported parliamentary politics,
criticized the role of the military in political life and recommended a
new direction for the Republican People’s Party (RPP). In May 1972, they
took over the party administration under the party chairmanship of
Bülent Ecevit. After this, the RPP won the highest votes in the 1973
elections. The Mülkiye Junta had central role in the leadership and
ideological change in the RPP. This article examines the political
thinking of this group and their struggles within the RPP.
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